A.J Wells & Sons is a family‑run British manufacturing company based in Newport, Isle of Wight, founded in 1972. It specialises in designing and producing wood‑burning stoves (under the Charnwood brand), as well as architectural signage, cladding and vitreous enamel products used across transport, construction and commercial environments.
The business has built a reputation for high-quality, durable engineering and sustainable manufacturing, supplying products for major infrastructure projects such as the London Underground and exporting internationally to markets including Europe, North America and Asia.
The challenges
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Streamline existing AP Processing process
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Automate the validation and input of AP documents.
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Speed up the AP process.
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Full API integration with the SYSPRO ERP system.
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Deliver this through a unified and intuitive interface.
The Solution
- DocuWare Cloud 15 system
- Integrated Approval & Processing Workflows
- Vertosuite automated accounts payable document validation and posting
- PPV / variance handling.
- Intelligent Indexing OCR
- ConnectToMail from Inbox to ERP
- SYSPRO system API Integration
ANOTA and the client team worked together over a period of months to design, deliver and enhance a versatile Accounts Payable solution that provides authorisation, validation, variance processing and ERP posting from a central platform..
This unique DocuWare Cloud solution has enabled the AP team to focus on adding value and dealing with exceptions rather than repetitive data input and validation tasks.
The solution facilitates improved supplier relations with a much improved purchase-to-pay timeframe across their supply chain.
Benefits Gained
- Faster processing of documents.
- Streamlined posting into the ERP system.
- Improved visibility and control over variances.
- Improved data visibility and document access.
- Time-savings across the entire AP process.
- Improved data value delivered through ease of access to index and line item data from within the DocuWare system.
